The Love Game

((A/N: Again, this is an AU and this does not follow the original plot...wow, I'm starting to get use in writing this note in every beginning of a story...a bad habit I need to stop! And a WARNING to Hio Mio's fans, since I don't like her, I put her in the place of the 'bitch'. And by the way, I got the idea for the plot from a short manga called 'Crazy Love Game' you should all check it out!))

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PART ONE

"I like you! Please go out with me!" Lena bowed as she stretched both hands to hand a neat bag of sweets to him. She smiled to herself for her bravery.

Yes, Lena Torah had just confessed to the campus crush, Krad Hikari. After weeks and weeks of summoning up the courage to confess, finally, she did it.

"And I don't like you," Krad just coldly rejected her.

She looked up at him, not expecting such cold reply.

"You may go now," with that, the blonde turned away and left her without another word.

Lena hung her head low. Out of all girls, she was the first and the only one who dared confess to Krad. All girls liked him and would practically drool over him but his usual glare would just scare them off before they could even get near him let alone talk to him.

Though rejected, Lena knew not to give up. She was never shy. She just needed time to pick up enough courage. But now she had gone to this far, she wouldn't back up.

=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.After several weeks=.=.=.=.=.=.=

"Krad-san~" Lena sang as she skipped to where he was with his stepbrother, Satoshi Hiwatari.

"Not her again," Krad groaned as he saw her walking near.

"Didn't you reject her already?" Satoshi curiously asked as his eyes scanned the pages of his notebook, distracting his self from the upcoming girl.

"From the very start," the blonde nodded. "I will now take my leave."

Satoshi nodded to him but both of them knew well that Lena wouldn't let Krad go without a conversation.

"Krad-san!" Lena hopped in front of Krad, making him stop from walking.

"What?" he asked annoyed. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Satoshi already left with a faint smirk to him.

"You're going to the soccer field, right?" she smiled at him.

"Yes, and that does not concern you so out of my way," he harshly shoved his shoulder to hers as he passed by her.

But she didn't give up there. "Let me walk with you! I'm also on my way to the soccer field!" she chirped as she skipped beside him.

Some students who walked passed by them would hide their giggles at the girl and at the boy. Everyone in the school knew that Lena liked him but she didn't mind. All of the girls were actually supporting her. She was the first one to confess to him after all. If the girls supported her, then the boys were amused by her. It was not like every day you would see a girl who was willing throw her pride away and court a guy to win his heart.

"Can't you just leave me be?" Krad hissed through gritted teeth.

"Nope, not until you say you like me, too!" she grinned widely at him.

And he just face-palmed, groaning. And he knew that this was going to be a long day.

=.=.=.=.=.=.After a couple of days=.=.=.=.=.=.=

It was still the usual stuff. Lena was still trying to get the frozen heart of Krad to warm up. And since she was running out of ways, she had decided to ask the help of her neighbor and somewhat friend, Dark Mousy, since he was the expert at the subject named 'Love'.

"So what can I do for you today?" Dark asked as she sat across him at the corner of the library. Like Krad, Dark was famous in the school but his fan girls never really bothered her and they also were not bothered with her since all of them knew that the sole reason she was with Dark was because she was seeking for his help.

"He's still cold to me..." she replied depressed as she laid her head to the table in front of her. "Should I give up?"

"Love, why are you giving up now?" Dark started to tease. "Is he ignoring you or did he hit you?"

"No."

"Then, you still have the chance," he gave her his famous grin which made the nearby girls squeal.

"I guess you're right!" she then looked up at him and matched his grin.

In class, she was quite surprised that their teacher went in with a new student.

"Hi! My name is Hio Mio! Or you can just call me Mio! I hope all of us will be friends!" she smiled at everyone and all boys seemed to in gaping in awe at her almost-a-doll beauty.

But something was telling Lena that she didn't like to be friends with this girl. And she was right...

"Krad-san! Let's walk home together!" Lena skipped beside him.

He just glared at her. "Our houses are in different directions."

"So?" she raised an eyebrow.

He just grunted and started to walk out of the school gate and to the direction of his house but he bumped on someone.

"Ouch!" the person whined.

Krad just glared at the person.

Lena looked to whom the person might be and saw that it was the new girl.

"Oh, hi!" Mio greeted the blonde. "I'm sorry I wasn't looking! Wait a sec! You are Krad, right?!"

Lena's brow furrowed. She didn't like where this was going.

"And you are Mio," Krad said with no interest at all.

"I'm glad you remember me! Are you going home now?" Mio asked with a cheerful smile.

"Yes and what is it to you?" Krad shot back at her.

"Can I walk with you? It seems that you're going to the same direction that I was going," Mio offered.

"No," and with that, Krad walked passed her and left.

"But wait! Your stepfather said that he wanted to see me!" Mio called up.

'Wait a second…What does she mean by that?' Lena asked in her mind as she just stood there watching the two, trying to figure out how she could catch Krad's attention back to her.

With the words that the other girl had said, Krad stopped walking. "And why would he want to see you?" he asked annoyed.

Mio giggled at that and skipped in front of him with a smile that seemed to be a seductive one in Lena's view. "Don't you know that I'm one of his scholars?"